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Wisdump Is Real

Or so says Danny Boy who has put Wisdump on his list of Best Interaction Design Blogs for 2006. First off, thanks Danny, I appreciate it and have to wonder if you were really reading my site or were just so impressed by the name that you felt an obligation to include me on your [...]

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Craigslist: Edward Tufte’s Dream

*Note: If you don’t know who Edward Tufte is I highly suggest you read up on him and buy all of his books.
Craiglist, like MySpace, is a site many people use because that’s where everyone else is at. The community makes it worth the hype it receives, but besides the community and some viral marketing [...]

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MySpace: Is ‘ghetto’ a design choice?

MySpace is a community site that allows you to setup a profile and blog and connect with friends and strangers. It’s also a designer’s and lover of design’s worst nightmare because the UI of the site is atrocious yet it boasts 17 million visitors a month (and rising) and was recently purchased for over $580 [...]

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Being the Hype

Two weeks ago I started a series that I knew would ruffle some feathers. I knew there would be people that would agree with me and I knew there would be people who vehemently disagreed with me. I knew there would be people telling me that I was simply writing this series to get traffic [...]